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Friday’s Fave Five – March 13

Posted on March 13, 2026 by Linda

Another week closer to spring. I’m itching for it, how about you? Joining in with Susanne and the Friday’s Fave Five crew again this week with a fistful of favourites from this week. A mid-week treat. One day, we put Miss Molly in daycare and took some time for ourselves. Nothing fancy. We spent an…

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Friday’s Fave Five – March 6

Posted on March 6, 2026March 6, 2026 by Linda

It’s a joy to write March at the top of this post. We’ve arrived, friends! Despite the white stuff that fell here this week, we’re inching ever closer to spring and that’s cause to celebrate. Joining with Susanne and others with another look back at gifts and blessings from the past week. Landscape Artist of…

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Top Ten (er, Twelve) Favourite Reads of 2025

Posted on December 29, 2025February 23, 2026 by Linda

Every year at this time, I look back at the books I’ve read over the past twelve months and choose ten favourites. The list is wholly subjective and based entirely on my personal reading preferences. I read 62 books in 2025 and had a tough time narrowing down the list—hence, why it’s actually a dozen….

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Top Ten Fiction Reads in 2024

Posted on December 27, 2024 by Linda

At the end of the year, I enjoy looking back at the list of books I read in the previous twelve months. I often remember specific times and places when a particular book held my attention, and browsing the titles takes me back to moments sitting on the back deck in the heat of summer…

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Welcome 2024

Posted on April 24, 2024 by Linda

It’s a quiet day around the old homestead as we ease into the first day/week/month of a brand new shiny year. I was up at absurdly early thirty with Molly, who decided that, since she couldn’t stay up to ring in the new year, she’d wake up a few hours after it dawned. I did…

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Welcome 2024

Posted on January 1, 2024 by Linda

It’s a quiet day around the old homestead as we ease into the first day/week/month of a brand new shiny year. I was up at absurdly early thirty with Molly, who decided that, since she couldn’t stay up to ring in the new year, she’d wake up a few hours after it dawned. I did…

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Hi, I’m Linda Hoye. Welcome! I live in Saskatchewan, Canada with my husband and our Yorkie, Molly. Retired from my corporate career, I appreciate having time and opportunity to fill my days with things that nourish my soul and spirit like writing. watercolour painting, reading, gardening, and blogging about the simple joys of every day. I’ve been blogging since 2008, starting fresh here in 2022 when we moved home to Saskatchewan. May this space be a sanctuary in a very noisy world. 😊

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